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Table 8 Quantities and cost of laboratory investigations in USD by treatment alternatives

From: Economic evaluation of artesunate and three quinine regimens in the treatment of severe malaria in children at the Ebolowa Regional Hospital-Cameroon: a cost analysis

Laboratory investigations

Cost per unit (USD)

ARTES

(n = 30)

QLD

(n = 28)

QNLD3

(n = 30)

QNLD2

(n = 30)

Quantity

Cost in USD

Quantity

Cost in USD

Quantity

Cost in USD

Quantity

Cost in USD

Thick blood films

2.16

140

302.40

158

341.28

232

501.12

220

475.2

Packed cell volume

2.57

38

97.66

25

64.25

27

69.39

28

71.96

Full blood count

6.64

17

112.88

13

86.32

12

79.68

10

66.40

Blood group and rhesus typing

3.90

15

58.50

12

46.80

10

39.00

8

31.20

CSF analysis

18.28

3

54.84

4

73.12

6

109.68

4

73.12

Chest x-ray

8.97

1

8.97

1

8.97

0

0

1

8.97

Total cost per group

  

635.25

 

620.74

 

798.87

 

726.85

Median cost per patient (IQR)

  

18.86 (15.70–26.34)

 

18.53 (14.33–26.01)

 

23.93 (17.45–32.57)

 

23.93 (15.29–28.50)